Green Briefs

Meet at the east end of Old Forest Lane, near the Overton Bark dog park, for a guided 1.5-mile walk through the Old Forest at Overton Park on Saturday or Nov. 25, 10-11:30 a.m. Questions? Call 901-278-2396.

MemFix

On Saturday, the Mayor's Innovation Delivery Team, Crosstown Arts and The Memphis Regional Design Center, with the support of area residents, are launching MemFix: Cleveland Street — a fix-up the block party."

From 10 a.m. until 10 p.m., more than 50 merchants and 8,000 people are expected to participate in this event that allows people to test what they would like to see on Cleveland Street.

Retail vendors will temporarily set up shop in vacant storefronts, and food trucks will form a food court.

Bands and other artists will perform, and the event will culminate with a movie projected on the side of the historic Sears Crosstown building.

The public is invited to take part in the action in a two-block stretch of Cleveland Street — from Overton Park to Galloway.

On Nov. 15, the Sierra Club Chickasaw Group will host a movie night, featuring "Fracking" at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar. Social will start at 5:30 p.m. followed by the movie showing at 6.

Not long after the windstorm of 2003, nearly 100 trees were planted in the Vollintine-Evergreen area through a citywide effort that VECA helped organize. With the help of a Rhodes-Plough grant, VECA is ready to organize another round of tree plantings in Vollintine Evergreen.

With this "Trees for Neighbors" campaign, VECA neighbors can choose a free tree from a variety of 6- to 8-foot trees. Neighbors will work with professionals to select the right tree for the right place.All trees will be planted in locations visible from the street, so as to benefit the entire block.